‘While No One’s Looking,’ Trump DOJ Settles Antitrust Case With Live Nation-Ticketmaster

https://www.commondreams.org/news/live-nation-ticketmaster-settlement

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The_Jit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 161d

That article was very much to the point the whole way through and each paragraph just kept on giving.

Tldrt: Settlement happened with DOJ, the lead litigator was left out of the loop until next morning in court. Things where going well for the litigators,, DOJ won summary... This came 2 days after the DOJ was gutted. Live Nation to deinvest in 13 venues and pay $280 million dollars (that's 4, four, days of operating revenue). No protection for fans or artists or anyone, they can now force all venues to use Ticket Master.